My Schedule

2025 SCHEDULE

JANUARY —

Waterloo County Quilters Guild, Waterloo, Ontario, Canada — January 15, 2025 — Virtual Lecture — How Technology is Changing the Way We Quilt.

Wildflower Quilt Guild, Temple, TX — January 21, 2025 — In-Person/Virtual Lecture — Understanding the Value of Color

FEBRUARY —

QUILTMAKING 101 — ONLINE — with John C. Campbell Folk School and LESSONFACE. Thursday evenings beginning February 6th, 13, 20, 27, skipping to March 13, 27, April 3, 10, 17, 24 & finishing May 1. Make a whole Sampler quilt of techniques over 11 class sessions. For complete information and registration, CLICK HERE. All class sessions are recorded so you won’t miss one of them and you can watch it again and again.

Greater San Antonio Quilt Guild, San Antonio, TX — February 7 – 8th, 2025 — Lecture” The Quilt Police and Workshop: Essential Machine Applique.

CREATING GARMENT PATTERNS FROM YOUR CLOSET — ONLINE — for John C. Campbell Folk School with LESSONFACE. Tuesdays, February 11 & 18, 2025 from 9 am – 4 pm Central. For registration and information, CLICK HERE.

Waterloo County Quilters Guild, Waterloo, Ontario, Canada — February 15, 2025 — Virtual Workshop, the 1:10 Quilt.

MARCH —

I AM HERE: IMPROV MAPPING WORKSHOP — ONLINE — with John C. Campbell Folk School and LESSONFACE. Workshop is for four consecutive days, March 4-7, 2025 from 9 am to 4 pm Central. For registration and information, CLICK HERE.

Quilt by Rhoda Newton.

AQS Quilt Show, Branson, MO — March 12- 15, 2025.

Baltimore Carnation Machine Applique, March 12 — 8:30 – 4:00 pm.

Pro tips for Accurate Piecing, March 13, 8:30- 11:30 am

Lunchtime Lecture: Understanding the Value of Color, March 13, 11:45 – 1:00 pm

Essential Machine Applique, March 14, 8:30 – 11:30 am

Pieced Applique Flowers, March 14, 1- 4 pm

Wool Applique by Machine, March 15, 8:30 – 11:30 am

Western North Carolina Quilters Guild, Hendersonville, NC — March 20-21, 2025. Improv Mapping 1 1/2 day workshop. and Lecture: Help! My Quilting Stash is Growing and I Can’t Make it Stop!.

APRIL —

Chisholm Trail Quilt Guild, Georgetown, TX — April 1st & 2nd, 2025 — Lecture — Understanding Color Sense, and Workshop TBD

ANCESTRAL QUILTING — ONLINE — Create a sampler quilt by hand, slow stitching. For John C. Campbell Folk School with LESSONFACE. Three bi-weekly seven hour day classes beginning April 24, May 8 and May 22, 2025 from 9 am to 4 pm Central. For registration and information, CLICK HERE.

MAY —

h+h Americas show, Chicago, IL — May 5 – 9, 2025. Wholesale show ,Industry Craft Market . I will be in Booth 1031, sharing my newest patterns and samples.

Coastal Prairie Quilt Guild, Missouri City, TX — May 15 & 16, 2025. Lecture – The Quilt Police and What Does It Mean to Me?, and workshop — Contemporary Machine Applique.

Quilt by Julie Milne.

John c. Campbell Folk School, Brasstown, NC — May 25 – 30th, 2025 — COLOR SENSE workshop. Enrollment will opens July 23rd at 10 am. Click on the Folk School link to the left and it will take you straight to the online catalog. **There are currently only 4 seats left as of 12/32/24**.

Quilt by Julia Kolb.

May 30-1st, 2025, Bespoke Patchwork Skirt. Weekend class.

JUNE —

Pine Needle Quilt Guild, Big Canoe, GA — June 3 & 4, 2025, Lecture: Help! My Fabric Stash is Growing and I Can’t Make It Stop!, and Workshop: Aurifil Thread Matters.

QUILT GUILD OF PARKER COUNTY, Weatherford, TX — June 19 & 20, 2025. Lecture – The Art of Understanding Color and Fabric. Workshop: Modern Machine Applique.

JULY —

Retreat at Hotel Hamilton, Hamilton, MO — July 14- 18th, 2025 Enhanced Quilt Designing complete workshop. Stay, quilt, shop and play in Historic Hamilton, MO. Retreat is not affiliated with Missouri Star Quilt Company, but we will shop for our projects there along with other quilt shops in the area. All meals are provided in a world-class retreat facility. It’s the best!

Original Sew & Quilt Expo, Irving (Dallas), TX — July 31 thru August 2, 2025. I will have a booth and I will also teach classes. Complete information to come!

AUGUST —

AQS Grand Rapids,MI Quilt show– August 20- 23, 2025. I’m instructing at this show. All class details and registration to come!

East Cobb Quilters Guild, Marietta, GA — August 28 – 30, 2025 — Two-day Improv Mapping workshop, Night Lecture, Morning Lecture.

Quilt by Jean Denton

SEPTEMBER —

Quilters Guild of Dallas, Dallas, TX — Thursday, September 4, 2025 Lecture: How Technology is Changing the Way We Quilt, 7:00 pm and Saturday, Workshop: Machine Applique for Moderns, 10:00 – 4:00pm

Quilt by Julie Milne

Original Sew & Quilt Expo, Fredericksburg, VA — September 25 – 27, 2025 — I will be an Instructor here. Classes and schedule to be announced.

OCTOBER —

Original Sew & Quilt Expo, Nashville, TN — October 2 -4 , 2025 — I will be an Instructor here. Classes and schedule to be announced.

Original Sew & Quilt Expo, Cincinnati, OH — October 16 – 18, 2025 — I will be an Instructor here. Classes and schedule to be announced.

NOVEMBER —

Heavenly Stitches Quilt Shop, Lima, OH — November 6-8, 2025 — I’ll be back for classes. to be announced.

Original Sew & Quilt Expo, Novi MI — November 13-15, 2025 — I will be an instructor here. Classes and schedule to be announced.

DECEMBER —

PREVIOUS 2024 SCHEDULE

JANUARY —

Road to California Quilt Show, Ontario, CA — January 17 – 20, 2024 — Classes include: I am Here: Improv Mapping, Aurifilosophy Thread Matters, and Design Your Own Applique. Priority registration opens June 28th, with General Registration opening July 15th and the quilt competition opens August 1st.

FEBRUARY —

Chisholm Trail Quilt Guild, North Austin, TX — February 6 & 7th, 2024 — Lecture and Workshop — Understanding the Value of Color and the 1:10 Quilt.

Sew Original in Winston- Salem, NC — February 18-19th, two-day class, Tamarack Jacket. Visit Sew Original for details.

Attending QuiltCon, Raleigh, NC — February 22-25, 2024.

Attending MidAtlantic Quilt Festival, Hampton, Virginia, — February 28 – March 1, 2024.

MARCH —

Gate City Quilt Guild, Greensboro, NC — March 7, 2024. Lecture: How Technology is Changing the Way We Quilt.

John C. Campbell Folk School online classes through LessonFace — Documenting Your Quilts, If Our Quilts Could Talk, What Would They Say About Us? March 16th, 9:00 am to 3:00 pm, Central. Visit the LessonFace website for complete information and registration.

Bear Creek Quilt Guild, Grapevine, TX — March 19 & 20th, 2024 — Lecture and Workshop: Help! My Fabric Stash is Growing and I Can’t Make It Stop! and StashBusters.

APRIL —

BERNINA World of Sewing, Raleigh, NC — April 12-13th, 2024, two day class Garment Cloning class — Create patterns from your ready-to-wear without taking your garments apart. Visit BERNINA World of Sewing for complete information and registration.

John C. Campbell Folk School, Brasstown, NC — I am Here: Improv Mapping workshop, April 14-20, 2023. The workshop is over one week and holds a maximum of 12 students. Registration will be open on July 1st, 2023 for the first half of the 2024 year.

BERNINA World of Sewing, Raleigh, NC — Bespoke Patchwork Skirt, Saturday, April 27, 2024 from 10- 4:30. Visit BERNINA World of Sewing for complete information and registration.

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AUGUST —

Original Sew Quilt Expo, Irving, TX — August 1 – 3, 2024. Classes include Quilting on a Serger, Thursday, Aug. 1st. and Aurifilosophy: Thread Matters from 6-9 pm. Friday 8:30 – 11:30am — Generational Quilting Traditions. Then, I’ll do some Spot Demonstrations on Thursday afternoon — The Best Tool in Your Sewing Room, which I will repeat again on Saturday at 3pm. On Friday and Saturday, I will share my Bespoke Patchwork Skirt with my son, Robin – and a little fashion show. I will have a booth with Fowl+Maker. Look for us in the front of the Exhibit hall.

BESPOKE PATCHWORK SKIRT — ONLINE– through John C. Campbell Folk School and LESSONFACE — August 22, 2024 — 9am – 4pm Central. Click here for registration information.

SEPTEMBER —

AQS LANCASTER — Lancaster, PA, September 11 -14, 2024 — Lecture: If Our Quilts Could Talk, What Wold They Say About Us? Workshops: Wool Applique by Machine, A is for Applique, Pro Tips for Accurate Piecing, Aurifilosophy Thread Matters, Be Wreath – Adorable Machine Applique.

GREENHOUSE MIXED TECHNIQUE QUILT — ONLINE — with John C. Campbell Folk School and LESSONFACE. Monday evenings, September 16, 23, 30 & October 14th from 5:30 – 8:00 pm CENTRAL. Click here for registration information.

NEW BRAUNFELS AREA QUILT GUILD, New Braunfels, TX — September 20 – 21st, 2024 — Lecture and Workshop ; Understanding the Value of Color and Aurifilosophy Thread Matters workshop

BERNINA WORLD OF SEWING, Raleigh NC — Color Sense two -day workshop, 10:00 to 4:30 pm. Call them or click on the link for all information and registration.

Quilt made by Pat Ashley of NC at a previous Color Sense class.

OCTOBER —

Durham Orange Quilt Guild, Mebane, NC — Judging the Quilt show. October 2 & 3, 2024. Quilt Show held October 4-6, 2024 at the Mebane Arts and Community Center.

Quilter’s Anonymous Quilt Guild, Shoreline, WA — October 8 – 10th, 2024 — Lectures: Tuesday – How Technology is Changing the Way We Quilt, and Wednesday – Thread Matters, and Workshop — Carnation Machine Applique.

MSQC RETREAT at Hotel Hamilton, Hamilton , MO — October 17th – 21st, 2024 — Color Sense, three-day/four night workshop. This is my first retreat since 2008 and it’s meant to be epic. Retreat cost $600 — includes class, lodging, and meals — what a deal! Three days of Color Sense, including a trip to Missouri Star Quilt Company to shop for our quilt fabrics – and rubbing shoulders with some talented quilters.

Heavenly Stitches, Lima, Ohio — October 24th, 2024, Bespoke Patchwork Skirt. Visit Heavenly Stitches for complete information and registration.

Color Sense two-day workshop, October 25 – 26th, 2024.

NOVEMBER —

COURTHOUSE CABIN QUILT — ONLINE — with John C. Campbell Folk School and LESSONFACE, NOVEMBER 6, 13 & 20TH, from 5:30 – 8:00 pm Central. Click here for registration information.